Tremendous scorer... Sweet jump shot... Good athlete... Just average ballhandling skills... Injury prone. Attended the Frederick Douglass HS in Atlanta, Georgia. Played college ball at Western Carolina and Georgia till 2003. Selected by the Washington Wizards as 10th overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. Signed with the Washington Wizards in August 2003. HS Honorable Mention All-American in 1999. Named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year in 2000. Voted SEC Newcomer of the Year in 2002. Voted to the All-SEC 1st Team in 2002 and 2003. Honorable Mention All-America pick by Associated Press in 2002 and 2003. Named SEC Player of the Year by Basketball America, The Sporting News and CNNSI in 2002. Won individual scoring titles in the Southern Conference in 2000 and the SEC in 2002. Selected to the NBA Rookie All-Star Game in 2004. Selected to the NBA All-Rookie 2nd Team in 2003-04.

I like the move. I expected a signing like this. The young guys will still play(it's not like Hayes is old).

Stuckey will backup Chauncey. Hayes and Afflalo will backup Rip and Tayshaun. Amir, J Max, and Dice will backup Sheed. Since the PF position is very deep some of those guys (mainly Sheed) will get their minutes at PF lowered in order to help Nazr at C.

The young guys will still play. Because Nazr is our only real center Samb still has a very good chance to do something as well.

I like the move. I expected a signing like this. The young guys will still play(it's not like Hayes is old).

Stuckey will backup Chauncey. Hayes and Afflalo will backup Rip and Tayshaun. Amir, J Max, and Dice will backup Sheed. Since the PF position is very deep some of those guys (mainly Sheed) will get their minutes at PF lowered in order to help Nazr at C.

The young guys will still play. Because Nazr is our only real center Samb still has a very good chance to do something as well.

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From what I've seen so far, I don't think Samb has a chance for any minutes in Detroit. He'll be better off playing in all games in Fort Wayne.

If we didn't have a shortage at C, I'd like the move. he's a guy that can come in and contribute. he was starting in front of Caron butler. As it is, Naz it not a strong point and there is no one to back him up.

If we didn't have a shortage at C, I'd like the move. he's a guy that can come in and contribute. he was starting in front of Caron butler. As it is, Naz it not a strong point and there is no one to back him up.

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However there is a lot of people backing up Sheed that are very good. The Pistons have Sheed, J Max, Amir, and Dice. At least one of those guys won't get the minutes he should be getting. A real backup C would be nice, but as of right now one of those PF's will have to take a load at C.

apparently fans at wizards.realgm.com universally wanted him off their team. He has poor ballhandling skills which means he's unable to get separation from his man. He should benefit from a set 'em up PG. He's not really known for defense so i dunno what the difference is between him and Dupree at this point. he has had major knee injuries in the past so he could recover or remain a little gimpy.

He has a shot this preseason. Until he gets sent to Fort Wayne he has a chance if he works hard.

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I hope he's working hard at stuffing Twinkies into his mouth. At this point, he could use a Cheerio as a hoola hoop. He simply does not weigh enough. He'll get pushed around and get posterized on a regular basis. If Samb is Detroit's Nazr backup, that is our weakest link. Well, the center position is anyway.

One of the main reasons why the Wiz were able to put an end to the tyranny of Johnson and Lue was because of the tenacious defense of Jarvis Hayes. Although DeShawn Stevenson is known as the team’s defensive stopper, it was Jarvis who had the unenviable task of making life miserable for JJ.

Most players would not want to be placed in a situation where they could take the blame for a loss. But not Jarvis. Instead, he wanted to be the guy who preserved the win. “Jarvis came in and did a good job on Joe Johnson,” Caron Butler told reporters after the game.

“The second he came off the bench, he was like ‘I want him’ and he did a heck of a job.” After seeing Hayes play this type of defense in such a pressure filled situation will perhaps inspire other players to do their part as well.